[Technology 1851] Re: Internet/ Political Engagement for younger studentsEunice Snay ESnay at qcc.mass.eduFri Jan 9 15:54:04 EST 2009
Amanda: Here a few more resources for you to check out. Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education: Has this curriculum "Your Government, your taxes, your choices" : http://www.mcae.net/curriculum/index.html NELRC - New England Literacy Resource Center - also have these resources "Voter Education, Registration, and Action" http://www.nelrc.org/VERA/ Change Agent: http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/ is a good publication that often has voter information. Their March '08 publication is on "Democracy in Action" Eunice Snay Central SABES Regional Technologist 508-854-4514 esnay at qcc.mass.edu SABES: Training leaders in Adult Basic Education For more information on upcoming Central SABES offerings and/or to register for our events please go to: http://calendar.sabes.org/central <http://calendar.sabes.org/central> From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Pilisuk, Tammy (CDPH-CID-DCDC-IMM) Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:26 PM To: The Technology and Literacy Discussion List Subject: [Technology 1850] Re: Internet/ Political Engagement for youngerstudents Hi Amanda, The other day I recommended Change.gov (the official transition site) and Change.org (and independent group that encourages activism on a lot of topics and allows for much user-generated content. This site list several links on mobilizing for youth http://www.freechild.org/politics.htm Of course MoveOn.org also has a well-oiled organization and site that often helps connect people in their own communities (like now they're helping people find or host local inauguration party events) I think this could be another useful site: http://www.tolerance.org/teach/?source=redirect&url=teachingtolerance Good luck! Tammy ________________________________ From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Amanda Dunker Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:44 AM To: technology at nifl.gov Subject: [Technology 1851] Internet/ Political Engagement for youngerstudents Hi-Originally, I accidently posted this under "Best sites for Valentine's Day", sorry for abusing the listserv! Hi Everyone! I work at an adult learning program that has a large population of teens mixed with "real" adults. We would like to do some sort of workshop about getting involved in politics online - whether it's local, national or global issues. We're going to try and capitalize on their Obama fervor. Does anyone have any ideas about good websites to go to? All I've got so far is learning how to write a good email to local representatives. In general, I think the people who would be attracted to this would be our younger students, who often have decent reading/writing ability. Thanks for any suggestions! -Amanda -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/technology/attachments/20090109/ac293f4f/attachment-0001.html
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